Inquiry launched into UK budget bank tax leak; Wall Street hit by US inflation data – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including live coverage of the Bank of England Watchers conference in London

‘Flying cars’ could launch in China next summer, maker of two-seat model says

XPeng says its $300k low-altitude device will soon be ready for emergency services and recreational use in rural areas

Anthropic targets valuation of up to $1.4tn in stock market flotation

Claude chatbot developer had been reported to be aiming for $2tn IPO on Wall Street before investors cooled on AI

Nvidia and Jensen Huang sued in US over affair with alleged Chinese spy

California lawsuit comes as Donald Trump says FBI is investigating tech CEO’s links with Alice Huang

Jensen Huang’s image has been shattered. Could he be pushed out at Nvidia?

Huang built Nvidia as a family business but after the co-founder had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, its board faces a difficult decision

Nvidia’s board needs to do some succession planning – sharpish

The chipmaker faces business risks and political scrutiny due to its over-reliance on founder and CEO Jensen Huang

‘Obvious risk of further tragedy’ at rail crossing type at which Amazon driver died, inquiry finds

Call for overhaul of manually operated level crossings after delivery worker was killed by passenger train in Kent

Why is Nvidia’s Jensen Huang at the centre of a US-China row?

Donald Trump praised the chipmaker’s CEO despite reports he had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy

UK households face rush to find green energy installer to beat April VAT hike

Ministers pushed to reverse ‘policy madness’ of scrapping exemption on 5% tax rise for heat pumps, solar panels and batteries

Rare call for more electricity supplies as wind power drops across Europe

Neso issued ‘electricity margin notice’ for gas power plants in Britain to fire up and boost generation this morning amid energy shortfall

Why has Royal Mail only delivered letters twice in three months?

I am waiting for the overdue results of a cancer test, and the postal service seems to be prioritising parcels over letters

1-0 to humankind? US midterms vote puts AI, datacentres and the broligarchy back in their box

Election results appear to have turbo-charged an already growing social, political and financial market rethink about AI

‘AI clog’: UK public bodies battle onslaught of chatbot-generated complaints

MPs’ offices, local authorities, lawyers, schools and more are receiving floods of grievances, requests and legal challenges, often complex to read and respond to

Standing in the way of slop bowls: the woman blocking food delivery robots

Semi-retired professor Carolyn Marvin became a local celebrity facing down Philadelphia’s growing robot delivery army: ‘It’s my first amendment right to protest’

Global stocks fall amid ‘big worries over AI’ after Democrats’ midterms triumph

Asian and European markets follow US tech rout with many analysts predicting more waves of selling to come